Project High School
Resume:
GREG SCHLIMM
INTERACTIVE DEVELOPER
http://www.gregschlimm.com/
****.*******@*****.***
Seattle, WA 98133
[ TOOLS ]
ActionScript 3.0, Flash, JavaScript, SVN, Beyond Compare, Charles, occasional HTML5/Canvas, CSS, Python, Django
[ EXPERIENCE ]
Smashing Ideas (Seattle, WA), www.smashingideas.com
June 2007 to May 2012
Developed activities and sites for kid-focused clients, including Nick Jr., Nick Marketing, PBS, Out of the Blue, American Greetings, Mattel, Nintendo, and Disney. Worked with a large team of designers, animators, and producers, guiding the art hand-off for a smooth transition to the project build phase.
Cricket Moon Media (Seattle, WA), www.cricketmoonmedia.com
May 2006 to May 2007
Developed kids' activities and games for Disney, Hasbro, and Hit Entertainment. Worked from art comps and short descriptions, adding support for viewer-chosen elements, contextual help, and interaction with
on-screen characters or scenes. Provided email-a-friend and print functionality for viewer-created toys, recordings, and character costumes. Refactored some older projects for cleaner separation of art and code. Worked typically with one artist and a sound designer per project.
Zaaz, Inc. (Seattle, WA), www.zaaz.com
March 2006 to April 2006
Independent Contract
Updated the Made By You (Indie Film Gallery) and Help features of the Converse web site (www.converse.com). Refactored the code for ActionScript updates and integrated it with a new
site architecture.
Story Worldwide (Seattle, WA), www.storyworldwide.com
January 2005 to March 2006
Contract Through Filter Talent
Worked on Flash-based release of Lexus Magazine Interactive to incorporate flexible, portable, object-oriented ActionScript code. Worked closely with a designer to turn static comps into interactive articles throughout 2005. Maintained and optimized overall ActionScript framework for the magazine. Developed video, audio, and custom presentation controllers for easy reuse and maintenance. Wrote Perl scripts to automate merging of magazine text content into common HTML template structures.
Microsoft Studios (Redmond, WA)
November 2004 to December 2004
Contract Through Big Fish
Developed Flash software prototype and presentation. Created XML schema and utilized Flash's XML capability for easy localization of text content.
Neptune.com (Kirkland, WA)
April 2000 to May 2004
Wrote data-driven ActionScript for photo- and video-sharing subscription service. Used custom UI Components, Local Connection Object, Flash Remoting, and Object-Oriented techniques to realize a Flash-based front end from designers' mockups. Developed photo album playback, user album creation tool, searchable security control panel, and user gallery. Maintained and wrote Cold Fusion components to bridge a Flash front end with a mySQL database. Wrote Cold Fusion database migration scripts. Developed the front end for the company's first album creation tools.
Envision Corporation (Washington, D.C.)
October 1999 to June 2000 (Independent Contract)
Developed animations and information screens using Director for Nextech, a technical summit for high school students. Oversaw the integration of music, voice, Quicktime VR, and video.
RWD Technologies (Columbia, MD)
May 1995 to August 1999
Developed marketing presentations, software prototypes, informational graphics, icons, and other interactive materials. Provided design and multimedia input during all software project phases. Co-developed and documented version 2.0 of RWD WILS, a hybrid CD/intranet system of training course templates, using Macromedia Director and Lingo.
[ EDUCATION ]
University of Washington (Seattle, WA)
Currently enrolled in Technical Writing and Editing Certificate Program
Pacific Northwest Film Scoring Program (Seattle, WA)
Certificate in Film Music Composition
University of Baltimore (Baltimore, MD)
M.A., School of Communications Design (Writing Emphasis)
Loyola University Maryland (Baltimore, MD)
B.A. in English with Music Minor
[ AFFILIATIONS AND LINKS ]
Seattle Composers Alliance
Original Music at http://www.reverbnation.com/gregschlimm
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